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Vahakn Dadrian papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6213
Abstract
Vahakn Dadrian (1926-2019) was an Armenian-American sociologist and historian and one of the early scholars of the academic study of genocide. Dadrian was especially recognized as a leading expert on the Armenian Genocide. The Vahakn Dadrian papers contain Dadrian's research files on the Armenian Genocide. The collection includes copies of published legal papers with Dadrian's notes, maps of Turkey and Armenia, newspaper clippings, literature relating to Armenian Studies, copies of records...
Dates:
1843 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1915 - 1990
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Lion Feuchtwanger papers
Collection
Identifier: 0204
Abstract
Lion Feuchtwanger (1884-1958) was a celebrated German-Jewish novelist and outspoken enemy of the Nazis. He began his literary career as a theater critic and turned his talent to writing plays in the 1910s and 1920s. He first became internationally known for his historical novel Jud Süss published in 1925. In 1933, he went into exile in Southern France and in 1941 he emigrated to the United States. He was an important figure in intellectual and artistic circles in Los Angeles during the...
Dates:
1906 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1958
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Eduard Frank correspondence with Joseph Brod
Collection
Identifier: 6246
Abstract
The Eduard Frank correspondence with Joseph Brod consists of a collection of letters written between Eduard Frank and Joseph Brod from 1953 to 1981. Eduard Frank was born in historical Sudetenland, now part of the Czech Republic. After settling in Germany following World War II, Frank authored one book, Gustav Meyrink, Werk und Wirkung (1957) and served as editor on another book, Das Haus zur Letzten Latern: Nachgelassenes und...
Dates:
1953 - 1981
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
German Exiles collection
Collection
Identifier: 6201
Abstract
The German Exiles collection contains correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, event programs, and other material relating to various German exiles, including Lion Feuchtwanger, Alfred Adler, Bruno Frank, Emil Ludwig, Franz and Alma Werfel, and Thomas Mann. The German Exiles collection finding aid began as a description of purchased material, consisting of a letter and photographs of Alfred Adler, Bruno Frank, Emil Ludwig, Franz and Alma Werfel, and Thomas Mann (by Ernest Gottlieb...
Dates:
1932 - 2007; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1950
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Maralin Niska papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1014
Abstract
Collection consists of various vocal scores, press clippings, photographs, programs, awards, correspondence, scrapbooks, and recordings belonging to American soprano Maralin Niska (1926-2016).
Dates:
1915 - 2014
Found in:
USC Libraries Music Library